Robert Lee Frost was born on March 26, 1874, in San Francisco, California. His parents were William Frost and Isabelle Moodie. His sibblings were Arthur, Sarah A. , Albert S. , William S. , Ethel, Elsie M. , George E. Frost. In 1892 Frost graduated from high school and attended Dartmouth College. He then left that college and worked as a a textile mill worker and taught at his mother's school in Pennsylvania. In 1894 New York Independent published his poem "My Butterfly". After the publishing of his poem he also had five other poems published secretly.In 1895 Frost married his high school sweetheart Elinor White and afterwards had six children with her. From 1897 10 1899 Frost attended Harvard University and left without a degree. In 1912 he took his wife and four youngest children to England and there he published his very first poems collection "A Boy's Will'. And later published "North Boston" in 1914. Two years later he published "Mountain Interval". From 1916 to 1938 Frost taught at Amherst College and Michigan universtites. On January 20th of 1961 Frost recited his poem "The Gift Outright" at the Inauguration of Preaident John F. Kennedy. On the 29th of January of 1963 in Boston, Massachusettes Robert Lee Frost died of complecations following an operation.
Poems:
1) Road Not Taken
By: Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that, the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
two roads diverged in a wood, and I --
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Personal Reaction: I find this a very inspirational poem because it tells you to never take the same path as others may take. It's just like saying to not stick to the status quo. And also just saying that just because the path that others may take has been taken by others you should take a different path that will lead you to good.
Poetic device:The device that is being used in this poem is personification because we all know that roads cannot think.
Rhyme scheme:A,B,A,A,B C,D,C,C,D E,F,E,E,F G,H,G,G,H
Theme:Never do the same thing,or same path, that others may do. Always stand out and don't stick to the status quo.
2) Acquainted With The Night
By: Robert Frost
I have been one acquainted with the night.
I have walked out in rain -- and back in rain.
I have outwalked the furthest city light.
I have looked down the saddest city lane.
I have passed by the watchman on his beat
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.
I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
When far away an interrupted cry
Came over houses from another street,
But not to call me back or say good-bye;
And further still at an unearthly height,
O luminary clock against the sky
Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.
I have been one acquainted with the night.
Personal Reaction: This story talks about how Frost did a night in the city streets.
Poetic Device:Alliteration is used in this poem.
Rhyme Scheme:A,B,A B,C,B C,D,C D,E,D E,E
Theme: I don;t that there is a theme in this poem.
3)Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
By: Robert Frost
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
Personal Reaction: This talks about how the man riding the horse will never stop when traveling through the woods.
Poetic Device: Hyperbole is used in this poem because woods cannot literally fill up with snow.
Rhyme scheme: A,A,B,A B,B,D,B D,D,E,D E,E,E,E
Theme: I do not think that there is a theme in this poem.
MLA citation:
Natalie S. Bober.A Restless spirit: The story of Robert Frost. New York:Atheneum, 1981.
www.famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/robert_frost/biography
www.online-literature.com/frost/
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Biography:
Robert Lee Frost was born on March 26, 1874, in San Francisco, California. His parents were William Frost and Isabelle Moodie. His sibblings were Arthur, Sarah A. , Albert S. , William S. , Ethel, Elsie M. , George E. Frost. In 1892 Frost graduated from high school and attended Dartmouth College. He then left that college and worked as a a textile mill worker and taught at his mother's school in Pennsylvania. In 1894 New York Independent published his poem "My Butterfly". After the publishing of his poem he also had five other poems published secretly.In 1895 Frost married his high school sweetheart Elinor White and afterwards had six children with her. From 1897 10 1899 Frost attended Harvard University and left without a degree. In 1912 he took his wife and four youngest children to England and there he published his very first poems collection "A Boy's Will'. And later published "North Boston" in 1914. Two years later he published "Mountain Interval". From 1916 to 1938 Frost taught at Amherst College and Michigan universtites. On January 20th of 1961 Frost recited his poem "The Gift Outright" at the Inauguration of Preaident John F. Kennedy. On the 29th of January of 1963 in Boston, Massachusettes Robert Lee Frost died of complecations following an operation.Poems:
1) Road Not Taken
By: Robert FrostTwo roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that, the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
two roads diverged in a wood, and I --
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Personal Reaction: I find this a very inspirational poem because it tells you to never take the same path as others may take. It's just like saying to not stick to the status quo. And also just saying that just because the path that others may take has been taken by others you should take a different path that will lead you to good.
Poetic device:The device that is being used in this poem is personification because we all know that roads cannot think.
Rhyme scheme:A,B,A,A,B C,D,C,C,D E,F,E,E,F G,H,G,G,H
Theme:Never do the same thing,or same path, that others may do. Always stand out and don't stick to the status quo.
2) Acquainted With The Night
By: Robert FrostI have been one acquainted with the night.
I have walked out in rain -- and back in rain.
I have outwalked the furthest city light.
I have looked down the saddest city lane.
I have passed by the watchman on his beat
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.
I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
When far away an interrupted cry
Came over houses from another street,
But not to call me back or say good-bye;
And further still at an unearthly height,
O luminary clock against the sky
Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.
I have been one acquainted with the night.
Personal Reaction: This story talks about how Frost did a night in the city streets.
Poetic Device:Alliteration is used in this poem.
Rhyme Scheme:A,B,A B,C,B C,D,C D,E,D E,E
Theme: I don;t that there is a theme in this poem.
3)Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
By: Robert FrostWhose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
Personal Reaction: This talks about how the man riding the horse will never stop when traveling through the woods.
Poetic Device: Hyperbole is used in this poem because woods cannot literally fill up with snow.
Rhyme scheme: A,A,B,A B,B,D,B D,D,E,D E,E,E,E
Theme: I do not think that there is a theme in this poem.
MLA citation:
Natalie S. Bober.A Restless spirit: The story of Robert Frost. New York:Atheneum, 1981.
www.famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/robert_frost/biography
www.online-literature.com/frost/